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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a bovine disease is related to which human disease?

1. Cerebral spondylitis
2. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
3. Encephalitis
4. Kala-azar

Correct answer: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

Solution

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) is a prion disease. The human disease classically associated with it is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which can occur in a variant form after exposure to infected cattle products.

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